Speaking at the three-day Asia Security Conference here, Mr. Wolfowitz said the region's long-term stability rested on several pillars, including continued American engagement.

The stability of the world rests on that.

Mr. Xhaferi (pronounced ZHA-ferry) is one of the most thoughtful politicians in Macedonia, a key but ailing figure on whom interethnic stability may rest.

It's hard to imagine that the integrity of monetary policy and the stability of the financial system rests on the continued oversight of those banks.

Hifikepunye Pohamba, the Namibian lands minister who was elected last month as the nation's second president, says Namibia's stability rests in part upon changing that equation.

The stability of Swiss politics rests on a system of proportional representation that makes some small rural cantons virtual one-party states when it comes to the national vote.

The stability of traditional society (like that of modern totalitarian systems) rests on the lack of alternatives, on the lack of choice.

Political stability in most Arab countries rests on hereditary ruling families or repressive one-man dictatorships.

The security and stability of eastern Congo therefore rests primarily on the shoulders of the Congolese Government.

America's financial stability rests in no small way on the continued Chinese purchase of the government's debt.